Background Facts You Need To Know:
The Viral Clean ("Clean') owners
recognize the importance of e
ff
ective recruitment and hiring. They feel
competent about recruiting and hiring new Clean management but want to hire
an expert to recruit and hire employees to develop and manage their website,
internal computer systems, and IT support.
They agree to hire a recognized expert in this area, George Tacy, to act as
Clean's agent in hiring website/computer/IT employees. The owners want to
give full authority to Tacy to direct every aspect of recruitment and hiring of
these employees, from the initial recruitment of applicants to the final hiring
process.
Clean owners want to ensure that their agreement with Tacy will be valid and
include all essential terms. They have requested a meeting with TLG to discuss
agency agreements.
Winnie and Ralph have asked you to join the meeting and respond to some of
the Clean owners' questions about agency law.
Instructions
Winnie and Ralph direct you to draft responses to several questions for the
Clean owners' meeting.
1. Analyze and explain the rights of Clean under the agency agreement with
Tacy.
2. Identify and explain two specific acts Tacy could take under his implied
authority of this agency agreement.
3. Analyze and explain two potential liabilities Clean could face under the
agency agreement with Tacy.
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